Penis Dysmorphic Disorder PDD - Tips and Tricks

Don’t tell the Psychiatrists but there has been fabricated in the annals of human erroneousness yet another mental disorder. Penis Dysmorphic Disorder. Defined as: The observance of a small or smaller penis despite the actual size being average or larger, also, an inability to perceive one’s true size regardless of actual measurements and or direct comparison.

Seems rampant around here, but really hear me out.

I went to take a piss the other day and looked down and thought to myself “Wow, my thumb looks smaller than I remember”. Literally, that was the sentence I uttered to myself. Then I realized my thumb couldn’t have shrunk, my penis just got bigger. No matter how I tried to adjust my vision or perception it stayed that way for the duration of the piss.

Now, I wasn’t ever really small and of course had size insecurity growing up anyway but this is just ridiculous. I know I’ve gained dick in the last three years but my brain tells me my thumb shrunk. What the fuck?? So I did my best to let it go, to perceive differently, but in the end I had to just shrug and tell myself “you know better, you’ve seen the ruler, it doesn’t lie”. Just pay attention to the numbers and conquer the little voice that sows doubt.

I use direct programming to quell that voice. Telling myself (sometimes out loud) that your eyes lie and you have proof that you are not that size anymore.

Please discuss techniques for recognizing and overcoming this most heinous trick we play on ourselves.

Good observation there tooty, I know what you are talking about. I don’t have any tricks per se to offer other than working hard on changing your mind set. Don’t overly focus on your dick, just think sorta positive about it as you should about other things regarding yourself. Maybe unless it’s a direct character flaw that needs changing.
But then again give yourself appraisal when you overcome the flaw, even on a small scale, this way you plant a seed and that seed needs nutrition, nutrition in this case being your positive thoughts and reinforcement, which isn’t for dogs exclusively ;) . Your mind is a powerful tool and we tend to forget that in this busy day and age.

We can’t really get enough threads like this as we all are a bit biased and skewed regarding one of our most valued body parts. It’s almost a bit sad really, lol. :D

Yes, it is part of a larger problem of body dysmorphia. I haven’t figured out good tricks when it hits me. I can tell when it does. I do a mental size comparison with other things of objective size and when I’m in that mood I think mine looks tiny. When I’m not in that mood I think it looks quite nice and well proportioned. I try to remember my mindset when I’m not in that mood but to no avail. Someone suggested thinking about very positive and aggressive thoughts about your dick to try to unwire all the negative associations. I haven’t tried it yet to see how that works but I’m gonig to the next time.

Get a different perspective on things by looking in a mirror, the reflected image (what someone else sees when looking at your penis) looks larger due to a smaller angle between the reflected rays of light from base to tip than when you look straight down. You can also see more “facets” in the mirror allowing you to see things in a 3 dimensional sense, hence looking bigger.

Kind of poorly explained but grab a pen and hold it straight up in front of your face. Tilt it forwards, looks longer doesn’t it?

Also try looking at a box from different angles. Looking at one face it looks 2-d and smaller than if you can see multiple faces.

While your physics are correct, for people with true dysmorphia the mirror is not helpful. Trust me I know. The distortion is not just a physics based thing, it’s a mental one. It’s like anorexic women who look in the mirror and see rolls of fat which are really their ribs. The brain is sadly very powerful at skewing reality.

Great guys! The mirror is one I use often to check myself. Seems that it’s not me looking at myself and I can get the correct perspective on size.

I know there are guys with way worse perception problems than me so I was hoping that our collective experience could help people out.

One trick I use is finding objects of similar dimensions and gripping them.

Another is making paper drawings using my dimensions and comparing my old size with my new size. The paper tracing is actually pretty amazing to see the difference side by side, like an analog visualizer.

The funny thing is its not always there. Half the time I feel pretty good about it. It does even look big sometimes. I can feel its bigger and it touches higher up on my stomach than ever before.

This touching my stomach actually helps me because my brain has not felt that sensation for decades prior so the touching new spots with my dick actually reinforces the subconscious that I’m bigger. It also works to touch my leg like that.

This I do also understand as I used to compare myself to certain objects as well.
Answer, just stop it, since it brings on those negative thoughts and emotions about yourself. I only have one thing I compare myself against these days and that is a kitchen paper roll which is my goal in both girth and length, and I never get discouraged when I compare as I see it as attainable just because it is my goal, ” I will get there”, is all I focus on and not a single negative thought enters my mind then. You need to train your mind to think positive, it all starts with your thoughts and over-thinking shit is never any good.

And comparing yourself with things you consider small in the first place I don’t think does any good either as you already have a negative thought pattern wired to that specific object. Try to find something you see as attainable and just focus on that you will get there, sorry for repeating myself but it’s a good way in my experience to re-wire yourself

EDIT; Yeah, the mirror is also your friend as already pointed out. I usually put my jelqed unit besides the kitchen paper roll when I compare and have yet to get discouraged by it.

I’ve heard of the toilet paper test, but the paper towel roll test, wow! Those things are on the order of 11” high and 5.5” around. If you are close to achieving those goals or if that’s attainable then I can’t imagine you needing help convincing you have a big dick. That’s an off the chart size.

What I did a lot was the belly button test. How far from my belly button, or above, depending on how I’m standing/sitting, is it compared to what I see on other guys. That can be very encouraging or depressing, depending on mood and what imagines I see.

Here’s something I posted in another thread along these lines — people seemed to think it was interesting so I am repeating it here:

Now put the cucumber down at your crotch like it is your erect penis and look down on it directly (that is, look at the cucumber not the mirror). The cucumber will probably now look “small” to you. But it is the same size.

No, no, no haha! :D Maybe we have shorter rolls in my country they are exactly 21cm long and 14cm around( 8,27”x5,5”) I write in cm since it’s more round numbers. I just want my unit to look approximately the same size when comparing it side by side, and will be a little while before I get there though. My routine is giving me high hopes of actually achieving this. (11”, no way!, not in this life-time nor something I would want, it’s just too much IMO.)

That’s still a huge size. I’d be happy to just pass the toilet paper roll test lol.

What are you talking about?
With your stats you surely pass the toilet paper roll test, maybe not in the mid section but you got a really good base girth and are in the upper range of average so you ain’t far away from being considered big. I really think it’s your head playing some tricks on you, as said, I know the feeling and most of these issues are psychological, deep rooted from our own self destructive thought patterns year, after year, after year….it takes time re-arranging ones own perceptions.

EDIT; And yes, I know it’s a big size to reach for, and I will get there even though I still got a good way to go. :) ( just staying positive as the power of the mind can affect anything)

Girls love a Pringles can.

Is that Fred Durst in there, enjoying his new career?

Similar one: go into a grocery store and buy a banana that you think is the same size as your penis. Then buy a second banana that is about the size you would like your penis to be. Take said bananas home an measure them. I’ll bet the one you though to be the same size as your penis is smaller, and that the ‘goal’ sized banana is not so much bigger that it is an unattainable size.

After all the practice I’ve had measuring, you’d think I could guess a banana’s size to the millimeter, but I usually try to guess the size of the banana I’m about to eat, and still often slightly over-estimate it. And if I can do that, it’s no surprise that so many women report seeing 8” dicks!